BROCKTON – A Brockton man was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison followed by three years of probation Thursday for shooting into a crowd of people in front of a Boston liquor store in 2012.

Kevin Washington, 34, was convicted of multiple gun charges in Suffolk Superior Court on April 11.

Police said Washington started shooting at a group of people outside Shawmut Liquors, near the city’s South End, on Aug. 28, 2012, about 9:30 p.m., wounding a 62-year-old woman in the arm.

Washington was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

The jury acquitted him of a charge of assault with intent to murder.

During his three-year probation period, Washington must complete 1,000 hours of community service.

Boston Housing Police, who at the time were conducting an unrelated investigation, watched Washington step out of a white car and begin shooting into the crowd, police said.

During the trial, Assistant District Attorney David Bradley said Washington was aiming for a group of males in front of the store, but instead struck the 62-year-old woman, who told police she heard the gunshots ring out before she realized she had been shot. She said she continues to suffer pain from her injury.

The Housing Police drew their weapons and, along with Boston police officers, chased Washington through Ramsey Park, where Washington tossed the gun on the ground.